Kirsten Seglem is the only player from the United States in the room and it was looking like an early finish for her as she was down to only 2,500 before she got her stack all in preflop against Trung Tran.
Tran held and by the time the board ran out , the turned flush made things quite bleak for Seglem, but there was still hope with leaving Seglem with a plenty of outs for the flush or the full-house.
The river would be Seglem's saviour as the landed and gave Seglem the full-house to allow her to stay alive in this tournament, while Tran takes a small hit to his stack.
PokerStars Qualifier Michael Davy is the latest victim of Koray Turker, his demise coming when the action played out like so.
Play was folded around to Turker on the button and he opened for 500. Davy then made it 1,500 from the big blind and Turker four-bet to 3,600. A call from Davy would see the flop land .
Davy checked the action to Turker who flicked out 12,000. Davy then moved his remaining 19,000 in the middle and Turker made the call.
Turker:
Davy:
The top-pair for Davy was ahead of Turker's open-ended straight draw, but when the landed on the turn it was all over for Davy as Turker continues his domination on home felt.
When our reporter came to the table, the board was showing and Joseph Allis had a 5,000 denomination chip out in front of him and with the action on Ryan Hong.
Hong would opt for the raise, making it 11,400 to Allis. When Allis made the call the would land on the river.
This time Allis checked and sent the action to Hong who shoved his stack all in. When Allis insta-called, Hong was already up and out of his seat, mucking his hand when Allis turned over for the flopped nut-flush.
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Jackson Zheng was in a hand up against Antony Worch over on their table, with PokerNews arriving at the action with a board showing and the action on Worch.
Worch opted for the check and Zheng threw out 600. Worch then placed two chips and saying call. However, the chips eqauted to more than double Zheng's bet and it was ruled to be a raise to 1,500. Zheng then took this opportunity to four-bet to 3,800. Worch then went into the tank for a while before making the call.
The river landed with the and Worch again checked. Zheng then placed 5,600 worth of chips in front of him and sent a decision to Worch, who again went into the tank. Worch decided to fold and Zheng took down the pot to solidify his place as today's chip leader.
Cole Swannack was in the under the gun position with a flop showing when he led into the pot for 800. Semesa Brown on the button, three-bet to 3,000 and Swannack made the call and the two would see a turn.
The turn came the and Swannack would check-call a 4,200 chip bet from Brown. The river came the and again Brown opted to check. This time Brown would fire out 8,000 and Swannack went into the tank.
When Swannack eventually folded, Brown tabled his for a rivered flush and took down the pot.
Brett Chalhoub could be seen walking to the exit door just a few moments before the rest of the room went on their breaks and with his seat having no ships in front of it we managed to get the details of his bust-out hand.
Chalhoub opened preflop to 300 and was raised by Koray Turker in th big blind to 1,100. Chalhoub then made it 3,000 at which point Turker quickly splashed the pot with a stack of 5,000 denomination chips- enough to put his opponent all-in. Chalhoub snap-called the rest of his stack off and the two players turned their hands over.
Turker:
Chalhoub:
When the board ran out , the ten on the flop would ensure Turker increased his stack yet again, with his aggressive style paying off early in a similar fashion to that of last months Melbourne APPT event.
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and by the time the board ran out 
, the turned flush made things quite bleak for Seglem, but there was still hope with 
leaving Seglem with a plenty of outs for the flush or the full-house.
landed and gave Seglem the full-house to allow her to stay alive in this tournament, while Tran takes a small hit to his stack.
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landed on the turn it was all over for Davy as Turker continues his domination on home felt.
and Joseph Allis had a 5,000 denomination chip out in front of him and with the action on Ryan Hong.
would land on the river.
for the flopped nut-flush.
when he led into the pot for 800. Semesa Brown on the button, three-bet to 3,000 and Swannack made the call and the two would see a turn.
and again Brown opted to check. This time Brown would fire out 8,000 and Swannack went into the tank.
for a rivered flush and took down the pot.
, the ten on the flop would ensure Turker increased his stack yet again, with his aggressive style paying off early in a similar fashion to that of last months Melbourne 